NC for integrating nature-based climate solution & gender equality in ecotourism

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UNDP Viet Nam is commissioning a National Consultant to support the integration of NBCS and gender equality in ecotourism and rural agricultural tourism initiatives.Women are encouraged to bid. Preference will be given to equally technically qualified women.Country:Viet NamPeriod of assignment/services:Feb 2026 - Sept 2027Overall objective:The objectives of this consultancy are to:•Review the current status and provide recommendations for better operation and management of NBET and rural agricultural tourism, including application of UNDP Social and Environmental Standards (SES) and NBCS.•Analyse the development of potential models and NBET, agricultural tourism products; and linking with resource conservation and sustainable livelihoods for people.•Develop gender-sensitive, contextually relevant knowledge products that incorporating environmental safeguards, social and gender considerations, and NBCS into ecotourism and rural agricultural tourism models across the three project locations.•Facilitate the establishment and operation of the CoPs: Lead the design, initiation, and formalisation of women-led CoPs that convenes practitioners, community representatives, tourism entrepreneurs, government agencies, and other relevant stakeholders engaged in nature-based ecotourism and rural agricultural tourism in the three target locations.•Provide support to the development of bankable business plans that contribute to sustainable ocean-based livelihoods, increased incomes, and improved local resilience to the identified/selected eco-tourism businesses.•Promote women’s leadership and participation: Ensure that women, particularly from rural and ethnic minority communities, play a central role in the CoP’s governance, decision-making, and knowledge-sharing processes, thereby fostering an enabling environment for women’s leadership in sustainable tourism.•Strengthen knowledge exchange and capacity-building: Facilitate the development of a sustainability and action plan and working mechanisms for the CoP for sharing best practices, lessons learned, and innovations in nature-based ecotourism and rural agricultural tourism, with emphasis on sustainable livelihoods, biodiversity conservation, and gender equality.Proposal should be submitted directly in the portal no later than indicated deadline.Any request for clarification must be sent in writing via messaging functionality in the portal. UNDP will respond in writing including an explanation of the query without identifying the source of inquiry.Please indicate whether you intend to submit a bid by creating a draft response without submitting directly in the system. This will enable the system to send notifications in case of amendments of the tender requirements. Should you require further clarifications, kindly communicate using the messaging functionality in the system. Offers must be submitted directly in the system following this link:http://supplier.quantum.partneragencies.orgusing the profile you may have in the portal. In case you have never registered before, you can register a profile using the registration link shared via the procurement notice and following the instructions in guides available in UNDP website:https://www.undp.org/procurement/business/resources-for-bidders.  Do not create a new profile if you already have one. Use the forgotten password feature in case you do not remember the password or the username from previous registration.

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